Zayd Hassan Abd al-Latif Masud al-Safarini

Zayd Hassan Abd al-Latif Masud al-Safarini was an Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) member and one of the hijackers of Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986. al-Safarini was the leader of the commando that hijacked the plane on the ground in Karachi, Pakistan, and he executed several hostages one-at-a-time by throwing them off of the plane in front of the security forces. al-Safarini was captured by the Pakistani security forces after killing several passengers, and he was released in 2001 as a part of an amnesty; he was arrested by American FBI agents in Bangkok, Thailand on his way to Jordan, and he was sentenced to 160 years in prison.